Not The Last Word

NAMES AND FACES

March 10, 1990

FOUR MONTHS ago, Jerry Garcia told Rolling Stone that due to the number of fans busted for various infractions at the band's previous shows at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y., ''the Grateful Dead ain't going back there.'' Turns out they are going back, from March 28-30. Band publicist Dennis McNally explained the reversal. ''Jerry Garcia is not the Grateful Dead. People assume that once he said that, it was the word of God. He doesn't have the whole picture all the time, though he's a bright laddie.''